I Don’t Get Awards

No fooling. I don’t mind not getting them because in the blogger world most awards mean doing some kind of work, and I am lazy. Still, I say that I don’t mind not getting them, but secretly I want them. I want them all. So it was with great joy that I found that Just One More Book had given me an I Love Your Blog Award.

So here are the rules as I see them:

Add the logo of the award to your blog – Check

Add a link to the person who awarded it to you – Check and check

Nominate at least 7 other blogs – Ah. The rub. Well, with the knowledge that these people aren’t obligated or anything (particularly this close to our conference) check.

Add links to those blogs on your blog – Easy peasy. Check.

Leave a message for your nominees on their blogs – Um… Nah. I mean, isn’t it nicer if they find out randomly on their own? >shuffles feet<

Seven. Seven seven seven.
Okay, I will now do seven blogs that are the oddest mix that stay within kidlit parameters that I could think of:

See, that’s nice. A good random sampling of blogs I enjoy reading. Hey, have you ever followed this kind of thing backwards from the nominators? I got as far as No Title Necessary with its cool banner of blue teeth and then had to stop.

Elizabeth Bird is currently New York Public Library's Youth Materials Collections Specialist. She has served on Newbery, written for Horn Book, and has done other lovely little things that she'd love to tell you about but that she's sure you'd find more interesting to hear of in person. Her opinions are her own and do not reflect those of NYPL, SLJ, or any of the other acronyms you might be able to name. Follow her on Twitter: @fuseeight.

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Betsy Bird is the Youth Materials Specialist of New York Public Library. She's reviewed for The New York Times and Kirkus, writes articles for Horn Book and SLJ, and wrote the picture book Giant Dance Party. You can contact her at Fusenumber8@gmail.com or follow her on . . .